Summary of upgrade from version 6.0 to version 6.5

Several upgrade tasks are new or require special consideration with this upgrade. Apply upgrade tasks as appropriate for your system design, as follows:

• All systems:
  • SiteConfig: Before upgrading GV STRATUS, upgrade your SiteConfig application and Discovery Agent to the latest version. For more info, refer to Grass Valley products compatible with GV STRATUS.
  • GV STRATUS Proxy Streaming Server and GV STRATUS External Media Engine: These new SiteConfig roles must be assigned to Express/Core server before upgrading the GV STRATUS system, if applicable. For more details, refer to Add software roles for upgrade to version 6.5, SiteConfig Proxy Streaming Server software install, and SiteConfig External Media Engine software install.
  • Simple Editor: After the upgrade, existing users and groups do not have this role assigned in GV STRATUS Control Panel, so you must assign the role if needed. If you create new users and groups, the new role must be added or removed if appropriate. For more info, refer to GV STRATUS roles matrix.
  • GV STRATUS External Media Engine: GV STRATUS supports the deployment of External Media Engine on the GV STRATUS Core server, Workflow Server, or a separate server, to publish content and metadata to popular social media networks (such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube) via Social Media CMS-Systems. For more info, refer to External Media Engine Server set up process.
  • GV STRATUS Proxy Streaming Server: GV STRATUS introduces the Proxy Streaming Server which supports frame accurate playback of proxy files in GV STRATUS Web Clients within an HTML5 standard browser. For more info, refer to Proxy Streaming Server set up process.
  • GV I/O Ingest Appliance: GV STRATUS introduces the GV I/O Ingest Appliance, a commodity hardware solution to support Ingests with up to four Recorder channels including IP channels, web stream channels, and baseband HD-SDI support via an on-board video card on standard IT hardware. For more info, refer to Installing GV I/O Ingest Appliance.
  • Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for VS 2017 install: All GV STRATUS servers, K2 Summit systems, and all client PCs hosting GV STRATUS application and/or EDIUS applications must install Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for VS 2017. For more details, refer to Upgrade Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for VS 2017.
  • Microsoft .NET upgrade: All GV STRATUS servers, K2 Summit systems, and K2 Media servers must upgrade to .NET 4.7.1, if that version of .NET is not already installed. For more details, refer to Upgrade Microsoft .NET.
  • Internal system account: If the internal system account for your GV STRATUS system is on a fully qualified domain or is not the default GVAdmin account, configure settings at GV STRATUS Control Panel Core | STRATUS Core Services | Primary Site as appropriate for your system.
• Systems with Windows 2008 servers:
  • Requires removal of specific Windows updates before the upgrade. For more details, refer to Uninstall Windows updates on Windows 2008 servers.